The Pertamina Enduro VR46 Racing Team finishes the Sunday race at MotorLand with Franco Morbidelli in fifth place and Fabio Di Giannantonio in ninth.
At MotorLand, it was a Sunday packed with great battles for the Pertamina Enduro VR46 Racing Team riders, in the Aragon GP they proved to be combative and the showed again a great potential: at the chequered flag, Franco Morbidelli was fifth, while Fabio Di Giannantonio ended in ninth place.
The #21 rider started from the front row, and he tried to defend his third position right from the start. He stayed in the fight with the top guys keeping a great pace and making fast laps. Franco was a great contender in intense battles until the finish line, where he arrived in fifth place. With today’s Top5, Morbidelli keeps sitting in fourth in the World Standings with 115 points.
Di Giannantonio made steps forward, he started from the tenth place on the grid, and he tried to replicate his Sprint come back. Fabio was a great contender too in Sunday race, with strong overtakes and battles full of adrenaline, so he was ninth at the chequered flag. The #49 rider gains a position in the World Standings and he’s back in fifth place with 99 points.
The Pertamina Enduro VR46 Racing Team stays in MotorLand Aragon for a test day scheduled on Monday. Then, it’s time to go to Mugello, where the Italian Gran Prix will take place from 20th to 22nd of June.
FABIO DI GIANNANTONIO
“Unfortunately, today we battled too far away, I struggled with the front, and I was feeling at the limit in the braking. We are struggling a bit, but, together with the team, we are working very hard. The guys are amazing because we try to improve in every area. We are trying to understand how to do steps forward, but we are aware that we can perform well. The good thing is that today we collected a very important data that could be a real turning point.”
FRANCO MORBIDELLI
“It was a complicated race. Today I expected to do better, especially at the beginning I wasn’t having the right feeling. I’m really happy to have finished the race, because I had huge moments in three turns. It was a very eventful race, and I fought to maintain my position, luckily, I was able to keep it. In tomorrow’s test it will be important to make a good work plan to arrive in a good shape to Mugello, we are all pumped up for our home race.”
PABLO NIETO
“The weekend was not bad, we could make good races with Franco, and we’ve always been contenders. We struggled a bit more with Diggia, but maybe we found the reason of this situation and this is crucial. We still miss a little bit, but the most important thing is that tomorrow we have a test to try something different. We have the speed, and we can be there. We have such few testing days, and tomorrow it will be crucial to understand what we missed this weekend and to arrive in a good shape to Mugello, that is one of the most important races for us this year.”
